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Baker's Dozen

Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives

10. StereolabDots And Loops

Stereolab and Tortoise first played together in 1995 in St. Louis and for the next ten years they did a lot of their recording in Chicago. They lived at our warehouse with us and we toured together some and would see each other throughout the year.

I don’t know how much we influenced each other. It was more like mutual respect. We were inspired by a lot of the same stuff, but we differed on a lot of things too. One thing that I realised was that Americans and British each have their own take on the machine: the touring and making the records and things like that. They didn’t understand econo at all. But they were smart and had their own label [Duophonic Records] for the UK. I chose Dots and Loops because they had me play on it. I think it’s my favourite anyway.

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